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Comment by BrianL posted on New lenses How Exciting!!! at 16/09/2014 - 15:01
Seems like this is the place for this. The Canadian Lancaster will be in the UK in August for several weeks. Probably based at Coningsby. Apart from seeing two Lancs together there are also several other combinations that spring to mind; Lancs and Vulcan, Lancs and Red Arrows, Lancs and Typhoon/Tornados, oh be still my beating heart!
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Comment by BrianL posted on Another pointless thread at 25/02/2014 - 10:53
MattyH wrote:
Well I owned the A7 for a whole 6 weeks, then sold it and bought my current K5iis and some nice glass, Now as you know I fell in love with the Nikon Df, but would not pay the silly price they were asking for it.
So if this is all true, With the release of the KL in the spring, I may not have to look at another women, err I mean camera maker, again
Is the A7 a sensor in search of a camera, which is what I've always felt? Do like the idea of the k-60, that would represent a nice step up from my K-7, although retro done right is also acceptable (I like the new Fuji).Well I owned the A7 for a whole 6 weeks, then sold it and bought my current K5iis and some nice glass, Now as you know I fell in love with the Nikon Df, but would not pay the silly price they were asking for it.
So if this is all true, With the release of the KL in the spring, I may not have to look at another women, err I mean camera maker, again
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Comment by BrianL posted on K60/K600/KL... at 29/01/2014 - 16:19
I'm glad I've got one after this news.
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Comment by BrianL posted on get your Sigma 8-16 while you can. at 14/01/2014 - 21:54
Tripod?
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Comment by BrianL posted on UK Aurora Tonight? at 09/01/2014 - 21:31
I build my own PC's, it's pretty easy. Go with 8 (or more) GB of RAM. Any modern multicore processor (AMD or Intel). A decent but not necessarily top end graphics card (top-end only needed for games). A fanless one will keep the noise down. Plenty of hard-drive space is essential, my current machine has 500gig for the operating system with two 2gig drives for games and photos. MOST important is some form of back-up, I have two external drives and a blu-ray drive, although I must admit to not using it much. To keep Win7 running steadily I use CCleaner which is free and recommended by a lot of people.
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Comment by BrianL posted on New PC for Digital Photo stuff - Advice please :) at 16/12/2013 - 22:28
Gamka wrote:
In one of my other pastimes, control of breathing is important. I use a similar technique when shooting handheld with a heavy or long lens.
A few intakes of breathe and a long slow exhales. Then line everything up, deep breath in allowing the body to move and the lens will move away from the subject, but don't worry. Breathe out and the lens should drop again and the image back to where you need it. Hold the breathing, finalise composition and press the shutter.
With shake reduction or stabilisation it is not as important but previously I could get excellent result from a 300, 400 or 600 mm lens at speeds of 1/30 second!
Do the same thing for the same reason. Shot rifle before I got my first camera (1970). It's more about upper body strength than breathing. I find that swinging a k-7 with 100-300 f4 Sigma and a 1.5x t/c is a lot easier after the archery than it was before (trying to catch some of the low flying jets where I live)!In one of my other pastimes, control of breathing is important. I use a similar technique when shooting handheld with a heavy or long lens.
A few intakes of breathe and a long slow exhales. Then line everything up, deep breath in allowing the body to move and the lens will move away from the subject, but don't worry. Breathe out and the lens should drop again and the image back to where you need it. Hold the breathing, finalise composition and press the shutter.
With shake reduction or stabilisation it is not as important but previously I could get excellent result from a 300, 400 or 600 mm lens at speeds of 1/30 second!
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Comment by BrianL posted on Fit for photography at 04/12/2013 - 21:52
Has anyone ever come across, or indulged in, fitness training for photography. We often moan about the problems involved with hand-holding cameras with large lenses attached, but has anyone ever done anything about it? I ask because I'm a few weeks into an archery course and its made carrying and holding my a kit a lot easier. Holding and pulling a bow has definitely improved my, admittedly, flabby upper body muscles. Any comments?
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Comment by BrianL posted on Fit for photography at 04/12/2013 - 17:08
With regard to the high ISO noise comments, and not knowing a thing about sensors and how they work, would it be possible to treat two photosites as one above a certain ISO? So, above a user selectable setting, one would have a 12mp sensor but with better high ISO performance?
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Comment by BrianL posted on An interesting thought regarding the K5 Vs K3 Conundrum. at 30/11/2013 - 11:54
This debate reminds me of the one which went on on Nikon forums when the d7000 was launched. I haven't gone back and checked but I seem to remember a significant number of "my new Nikon is soft/out of focus" etc. type posts. i get the same problem with my k-7 but I'm afraid that is poor technique. I know this because every so often I get it right!
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Comment by BrianL posted on How much more demanding of good technique is the K-3? at 30/11/2013 - 11:49
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